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Goresbrook
Barking and Dagenham, London
PocketsDagenham Central (Goresbrook Park · Heathway · south)Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm (north-west · Goresbrook Park · The Gores)Rylands Estate & Dagenham Dock
Goresbrook sits in the southern reach of Barking and Dagenham, between the A13 and the Goresbrook that gives the ward its name. It is a post-war suburban ward, more Ford and Becontree than old Essex village. The housing stock is affordable by London standards, five outstanding schools lie within reach, and Goresbrook Park plus connecting green corridors add up to almost fifteen hectares of open land. Air quality is among the better readings in inner east London, and crime figures sit in the calmer half of the borough. Food and convenience venues cluster along Ripple Road and the outskirts of Dagenham, and local buses thread north to Barking and south to Dagenham Dock. The drawbacks are real: there is no listed building in the ward, no conservation area, and no heritage texture to speak of; public transport is only moderate, with most trips needing a bus hop before the Overground or District Line; and the planning score is very low, meaning little new housing is currently in the pipeline.
- Strongest76Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong65Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out0Heritage
Little listed-building or conservation-area presence
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 1 school rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Goresbrook Park (6.7 hectares)
- 65 open venues (29 food and drink, 36 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
65Better than 88% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability70
- Price momentum (5yr)77
- Activity (turnover)28
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Goresbrook: 61 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
54Better than 61% of London
- Personal safety38
- Property crime66
- Anti-social behaviour64
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Connectivity
38Better than 34% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
76Better than 90% of London
- Air quality83
- Quietness65
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
17Better than 30% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining7
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene43
- Vitality (openings, diversity)25
65 open venues nearby — 29 food & drink, 36 other.
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Education
53Better than 50% of London
- Primary schools48
- Secondary schools58
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For Goresbrook: 5 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
None in this areaShared lowest band with 1% of London
Nature Access
60Better than 42% of London
- Green spaces77
- Waterways30
Largest green space: Goresbrook Park (7 ha). ~15 ha of green space in total.
Area development
12Better than 76% of London
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- Is Goresbrook safe?
- Goresbrook scores 54 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Goresbrook a good place to live?
- Goresbrook scores 42 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are air & quiet (76) and property prices & growth (65); its weakest is heritage (0). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Goresbrook?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Goresbrook 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 38 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Goresbrook expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Goresbrook is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 17/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Goresbrook?
- Goresbrook scores 53 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 1 school within a kilometre holds an Outstanding rating.
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